Kirk here with strange news of a convenience store worker being involved in the apprehension of a suspect in Kumamoto.

P.S. I had trouble making sense of the headline when I first saw it but the idea is that the suspect confessed to the convenience store worker, who then called the cops while the suspect waited for them to arrive.

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-after-telling-convenience-store-worker-that-he-assaulted-robbed-woman-in-hotel

Here’s a Japanese news video about the arrest:

https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/kkt/category/society/kkff4569d6c2144a72b85d80f57dd7b762